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Dartmouth Incense tossups page 1, Penn Bowl VI For college practices only. May not be sold, traded or distributed without permission. 1. About 1° people get evicted from their homes, a rabbit gets butchered, game show host Bob Eubanks tells some dirty jokes, and the protagonist fails to bring the chairman of General Motors to his hometown of Flint, Michigan. All this occurs in, FTP, what documentary film by Michael Moore? A: "ROGER AND ME" 2. The first two dictate trial procedure, the third deals with debt law, and the fourth with the rights of the patriarch of a family. Dating to 449 BC, they were quite an advancement. FTP identify these documents of Roman law, named after what they were written on. A: The TWELVE TABLES 3. By 1890, only seven years after it was built, Scotland's Firth of Forth Bridge had already passed this bridge as the world's longest. It's now only half the length of another suspension bridge only a few miles to the north. FTP, which I might sell you real cheap, name this bridge. A: The BROOKLYN BRIDGE 4. This word can refer to a phase In the life cycle of slime mold. It is better known as a genus of insect-borne nonmotile protozoa. FTP identify this word, most often heard because the aforementioned protozoa induce malaria. A: PLASMODIUM 5. John Ford made into a film in 1940, only a year after it was written, and Bruce Springsteen has used it as inspiration for at least two album titles. FTP identify this tragic tale of Oklahoma Dust Bowl victims becoming California farm workers, by John Steinbeck. A: "THE GRAPES OF WRATH" (by John Steinbeck) 6. Among his last deeds before his 1995 death was his editorial in the New York Times opposing Mumia Abu-Jamal's execution. At one point he also defended Colin Ferguson. FTP name this controversial attorney, best known as a defense counsel in the 1969 Chicago 7 trial. A: William KUNSTLER 7. In 1989, Peter Brook directed a film version of it. Compiled by many poets and priests but attributed to the sage Vyasa, its some 90,000 couplets were written over nearly 1,000 years. Included in it is the Bhagavad Gita. FTP identify this Sanskrit epic. A: The MAHABHARATA Dartmouth Incense tossups page 2, Penn Bowl VI For college practices only. May not be sold, traded or distributed without permission. 8. Millard Fillmore was first elected to Congress not as a Whig but as a member of this party, based mostly in Fillmore's own upstate New York. In 1832 they ran a presidential candidate, William Wirt. FTP name this party, noted for holding the first ever nominating convention. A: ANTI-MASONIC PARTY or ANTI-MASONS 9. FQTP, name the word that can refer to either the channeling of unhealthy impulses into respectable goals or when a gas changes directly into a solid. A: SUBLIMATION 10. By the time he was 17 he had written twelve symphonies for string orchestras as well as his famous overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream." FTP identify this famous German composer, also known for his Scotch and Italian symphonies and his oratorio Elijah. A: Felix MENDELSSOHN 11. In a lopsided trade, the Chicago Cubs got pitcher Ernie Broglio's last 14 wins. The St. Louis Cardinals got the bulk of this man's career This outfielder amassed a .293 batting average with 3,023 hits before retiring in 1979. FTP name this Hall of Farner best known for his then-record 938 stolen bases. A: Lou BROCK 12. In July of 1410, the combined Polish and Lithuanian forces defeated the Teutonic Knights there. Somewhat better known is the battle fought there In August of 1914, where German forces took 90,000 Russian prisoners. FTP identify the name given to both battles. A: TANNENBURG 13. A rare kind of fish, thought extinct, called the coelacanth (SEEL-a-canth) has been found in waters off Africa. Some College Bowlers wish that questions like this were so rare. FTP, spell "coelacanth." A: C-O-E-L-A-C-A-N-T-H 14. They chronicle the young life of Matheiu from his days as a student in mid- 1930's Paris through his activity in the Resistance. They pit their protagonist in an existential contest with the likes of Gomez, Sarah, Daniel, Boris, and an occupied and oppressed nation. FTP name this trilogy of Sartre consisting of The Age of Reason, The Reprieve, and Troubled Sleep. A: "ROADS TO FREEDOM" 15. FAQTP, ignoring friction, an object with a mass of 10 kilograms traveling 4 meters per second has, in terms of kilogram meters squared per seconds squared, how much kinetic energy? A: .8.Q joules Dartmouth Incense tossups page 3, Penn Bowl VI For college practices only. May not be sold, traded or distributed without permission. 16. The McKinley Administration authored it and a Connecticut Senator sponsored its addition to a 1901 appropriations bill. It was official US policy until 1934. FTP identify this famous amendment, which dictated that the United States had the right to intervene in Cuban internal affairs. A: THE PLATT AMENDMENT 17. Near gold mines about 100 miles north of Angel Falls in Venezuela there is a town near where the legendary city with streets of gold after which it was named supposedly was. FTP, identify this city, which also shares its name with a model of two-door Cadillacs. A: ELDORADO 18. As a playwright, he was such a nuisance to Prime Minister Robert Walpole that the Licensing Act of 1737 was passed. So he wrote anti-Stuart political pamphlets and novels, including a parody of Samuel Richardson's "Pamela." FTP identify this writer, best known for "Tom Jones." A: Henry FIELD IN G 19. George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein, Art Agnos, Frank Jordan, and now Willie Brown, have all been mayor, of FTP, what American city? SAN FRANCISCO, California 20. Born in 1764 to a future soldier of the American Revolution, he was the Whig Prime minister during the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832. FTP name this man, whose name is now most closely associated with a brand of tea. Answer: EARL GREY ("Earl" necessary; prompt on "Lord" Grey or Grey) 21. Its highest point is Mount Carleton at 2,690 feet. Major rivers include the Miramichi and Saint John, the latter also being the name of its largest city. Among Canada's provinces, it's 8th in both area and population. FTP identify this province, the only one with two official languages, English and French. A: NEW BRUNSWICK 22. Maniac Mansion, Zack McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders, Loom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle and most recently The Dig, are FTP all graphic adventure games from what company? LUCASARTS Entertainment. Also accept LUCASFILM games. 23. It costs 2600 lira in Milan, 185 Florints in Budapest, 28 crowns in Prague, 3.2 Swiss Francs or Deutschemarks, and 3 U.S. Dollars in Moscow. FTP, what is this paper that is a collaboration between the N.Y. Times and Washington Post? A: The INTERNATIONAL HERALD-TRIBUNE. Dartmouth Incense tossups page 4, Penn Bowl VI For college practices only. May not be sold, traded or distributed without permission. 24. Born the son of a sculptor in Philadelphia in 1898, he studied mechanical engineering in college before turning to art school. His wood and wire sculpture, such as his Circus series of 1927, were praised, but he would later move on to constructivism. FTP identify this artist, famous for his wind propelled metal creations known as mobiles. A: Alexander CALDER 25. The number 69 has quite a dirty reputation. But perhaps a different set of digits might generate giggles if we used base 8 instead of base 10. For, in base 8, 12 points, express the quantity 69 in base 8. A: 1-0-5 26. An valid argument of this type is "All X are Y. No Y are Z. Therefore, no X are Z." FTP identify this argument type, which always has two categorical premises and a categorical conclusion. A: SYLLOGISM 27. This substance is used in explosive making and as nail polish remover. It can be found in blood and urine, but in abnormal concentrations in some diabetics. You can obtain it by dehydrogenating isopropyl alcohol. FTP identify this chemical, also known as di-methyl-ketone. A: ACETONE (Prompt if "di-methyl-ketone" is given.) 28. Warning, two answers required. Tina Turner sings the theme song to Goldeneye, the new Bond film. But, FTP, which two men wrote the song, both members of U2? A: BONO and THE EDGE (or Paul HEWSON and David EVANS) Dartmouth Incense boni page 1, Penn Bowl VI For college practices only. May not be sold, traded or distributed without permission. (25) 1. Answer these questions on Africa's Lake Nyasa for the stated point values. Into what river does Lake Nyasa drain, FTP? A: The ZAMBEZI River What three countries have shorelines on Lake Nyasa, for 5 points each? A: MALAWI, TANZANIA. MOZAMBIQUE (30) 2. (30-20-10) Identify the playwright and author given the works. 30: "Jumpers" and "Lord Malquist and Mr. Moon" 20: "Enter A Free Man" and "After Magritte" 10: "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" A: Tom STOPPARD (30) 3. Answer these questions about Iranian history FTP each. a. Name the last dynasty to rule Iran, named for an ancient Persian language. A: PARLAVI b. A mid-1950's CIA-backed coup drove this prime minister into exile. A.